2014 Atlantic Coast Conference football season

2014 ACC football season
League NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision)
Sport Football
Duration August 2014 to January 2015
Number of teams 14
Regular season
Atlantic champions Florida State
Coastal champions Georgia Tech
ACC Championship Game
Champions Florida State
  Runners-up Georgia Tech
Finals MVP Dalvin Cook
2014 ACC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
Atlantic Division
#5 Florida State x$^   8 – 0         13 – 1  
#15 Clemson   6 – 2         10 – 3  
#24 Louisville   5 – 3         9 – 4  
Boston College   4 – 4         7 – 6  
NC State   3 – 5         8 – 5  
Syracuse   1 – 7         3 – 9  
Wake Forest   1 – 7         3 – 9  
Coastal Division
#8 Georgia Tech x   6 – 2         11 – 3  
Duke   5 – 3         9 – 4  
North Carolina   4 – 4         6 – 7  
Pittsburgh   4 – 4         6 – 7  
Miami   3 – 5         6 – 7  
Virginia Tech   3 – 5         7 – 6  
Virginia   3 – 5         5 – 7  
Championship: Florida State 37, Georgia Tech 35
  • ^ – College Football Playoff participant
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
As of January 1, 2015; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2014 Atlantic Coast Conference football season was the 62nd season of college football play for the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). It was played from August 2014 to January 2015.[1] 2014 was first season of play in the ACC for former American Athletic Conference member Louisville, which replaced ACC charter member Maryland after their move to the Big Ten Conference. Although the Notre Dame football program is not a member of the ACC, it has an agreement to play five ACC schools per season in football starting in 2014. This is in return for access to the non-College Football Playoff ACC bowl line-up.[2][3] The Irish are not eligible for the ACC Championship Game.[4]

The Atlantic Coast Conference consisted of 14 members in two divisions. The Atlantic Division consisted of Boston College, Clemson, Florida State, Louisville, North Carolina State, Syracuse, and Wake Forest. The Coastal Division consisted of Duke, Georgia Tech, Miami, North Carolina, Pittsburgh, Virginia, and Virginia Tech. The division champions, Florida State and Georgia Tech, met in December in the 2014 ACC Championship Game, played in Charlotte, North Carolina at Bank of America Stadium.

Preseason

Preseason Poll

The 2014 ACC Preseason Poll was announced at the ACC Football Kickoff meetings in Greensboro, North Carolina on July 23. Miami was voted to win Coastal division while Florida State was voted to win the Atlantic division and the conference. Jameis Winston of Florida State was voted the Preseason ACC Player of the Year.[5]

Atlantic Division poll

  1. Florida State – 780 (104 first place votes)
  2. Clemson – 660 (3)
  3. Louisville – 564
  4. Syracuse - 368
  5. North Carolina State – 326
  6. Boston College – 301
  7. Wake Forest – 136

Coastal Division poll

  1. Miami – 614 (26)
  2. Duke – 597 (33)
  3. Virginia Tech – 571 (23)
  4. North Carolina – 570 (27)
  5. Georgia Tech – 322 (1)
  6. Pittsburgh - 319 (2)
  7. Virginia – 142

Predicted ACC Championship Game Winner

  1. Florida State – 104
  2. Clemson – 2
  3. Virginia Tech - 2

Preseason ACC Player of the Year

  1. Jameis Winston, FSU - 99
  2. Vic Beasley, CLEM - 6
  3. Duke Johnson, MIA - 1
  4. Jamison Crowder, DU - 1
  5. Brenden Motley, VT - 1

Preseason All Conference Teams[6]

Offense

Position Player School
Wide Receiver Jamison Crowder Duke
Rashad Greene Florida State
DeVante Parker Louisville
Tight End Nick O'Leary Florida State
Tackle Cameron Erving Florida State
Sean Hickey Syracuse
Guard Tre' Jackson Florida State
Laken Tomlinson Duke
Center Andy Gallik Boston College
Quarterback Jameis Winston Florida State
Running Back Duke Johnson Miami
Karlos Williams Florida State

Defense

Position Player School
Defensive end Vic Beasley Clemson
Mario Edwards, Jr. Florida State
Defensive tackle Luther Maddy Virginia Tech
Grady Jarrett Clemson
Linebacker Denzel Perryman Miami
Kelby Brown Duke
Stephone Anthony Clemson
Cornerback Kendall Fuller Virginia Tech
P. J. Williams Florida State
Safety Anthony Harris Virginia
Jeremy Cash Duke

Specialist

Position Player School
Placekicker Roberto Aguayo Florida State
Punter A. J. Hughes Virginia Tech
Specialist Ryan Switzer North Carolina

Coaches

The conference had two new head coaches for the 2014 football season. Wake Forest hired Dave Clawson from Bowling Green one week after 13-year coach Jim Grobe resigned after his fifth straight losing season.[7] Wake Forest athletic director, Ron Wellman, stated that their preference was to hire someone with experience coaching a private school. Clawson previously coached at FCS Fordham and Richmond before leading FBS Bowling Green to three bowl appearances and a conference title in the past five years. Louisville also changed coaches prior to the 2014 season. Former head coach Charlie Strong left the Louisville program following the 2013 season to take the head coaching position at Texas.[8] Following his departure, Louisville rehired former head coach Bobby Petrino to a seven-year contract.[9] Petrino formerly coached Louisville from 2003-2006 before leaving to coach at Arkansas. He spent his 2013 season as the head coach of Western Kentucky, where he led the team to an 8-4 record.

Note: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season

Team Head coach Years at school Overall record Record at school ACC record
Boston College Steve Addazio 2 20–17 7–6 4–4
Clemson Dabo Swinney 7 51–23 51–23 33–12
Duke David Cutcliffe 7 75–73 31–44 15–33
Florida State Jimbo Fisher 4 45–10 45–10 26–6
Georgia Tech Paul Johnson 7 155–71 48–32 31–17
Louisville Bobby Petrino 5 83–30 41–9 0–0
Miami Al Golden 4 49–49 22–15 13–11
North Carolina Larry Fedora 3 49-29 15-10 9-7
NC State Dave Doeren 2 26–13 3–9 0-8
Pittsburgh Paul Chryst 3 13–13 13–13 3–5
Syracuse Scott Shafer 2 7–6 7–6 4–4
Virginia Mike London 5 42–36 18–31 8–24
Virginia Tech Frank Beamer 27 264-132–4 224–109–2 62–18
Wake Forest Dave Clawson 1 90–80 0-0 0–0

Rankings

Legend
    Improvement in ranking
  Drop in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
RV Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll
  Pre Wk
1 		Wk
2 		Wk
3 		Wk
4 		Wk
5 		Wk
6 		Wk
7 		Wk
8 		Wk
9 		Wk
10 		Wk
11 		Wk
12 		Wk
13 		Wk
14 		Wk
15 		Final
Boston College AP RV RV
C RV RV
CFP Not released  
Clemson AP 16 23 23 22 RV RV RV 24 21 22 19 18 RV 23 19 18 15
C 16 24 24 24 RV RV 25 22 20 21 19 17 RV 24 19 18 15
CFP Not released 21 21 19 22 21 18 17
Duke AP RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 24 22 19 25 RV RV RV
C RV RV RV RV 23 RV RV RV RV 24 20 19 25 RV RV RV
CFP Not released 24 22 21
Florida State AP 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 5
C 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 6
CFP Not released 2 2 3 3 3 4 3
Georgia Tech AP RV RV 22 RV RV 24 17 16 12 10 8
C RV RV RV 23 RV RV RV 23 16 15 12 9 7
CFP Not released   24 22 18 16 11 12
Louisville AP RV 25 21 RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 24 21 20 24
C RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 23 20 20 24
CFP Not released 25 24 22 21 21
Miami AP RV RV RV
C RV RV RV RV
CFP Not released  
North Carolina AP 23 21 RV RV
C 23 23 25 25 RV
CFP Not released  
NC State AP RV
C RV RV
CFP Not released  
Pittsburgh AP RV RV RV RV
C RV RV RV
CFP Not released  
Syracuse AP
C
CFP Not released  
Virginia AP RV RV RV RV
C RV
CFP Not released  
Virginia Tech AP RV RV 17 RV
C RV RV 19 RV
CFP Not released  
Wake Forest AP
C
CFP Not released  

Notre Dame partnership

Starting in 2014, Notre Dame is scheduled to play five games against ACC opponents annually.[2] Each ACC team will play Notre Dame at least once during a three-year period.[10] Due to scheduling constraints however, the 2014 Notre Dame team will only play four ACC opponents, but will play six in 2015 to even out the schedule.[11]

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
September 27 8:00 pm #8 Notre Dame Syracuse MetLife Stadium • East Rutherford, NJ ABC L 15-31   76,802
October 11 3:30 pm North Carolina #6 Notre Dame Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN NBC L 43-50   80,795
October 18 8:00 pm #5 Notre Dame #2 Florida State Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL ABC W 31-27   82,431
November 22 3:30 pm Louisville Notre Dame Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN NBC W 31-28   80,795
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Bowl games

Bowl eligibility

Bowl eligible[12]

  • Boston College
  • Clemson
  • Duke
  • Florida State
  • Georgia Tech
  • Louisville
  • Miami
  • NC State
  • North Carolina
  • Pittsburgh
  • Virginia Tech

Bowl ineligible

  • Syracuse
  • Wake Forest
  • Virginia

Bowl Results

Bowl game Date Site Television Time (EST) ACC team Opponent Score Attendance
Quick Lane Bowl December 26 Ford Field • Detroit, MI ESPN 4:30 PM North Carolina Rutgers RUT 21–40 23,876
Bitcoin St. Petersburg Bowl December 26 Tropicana Field • St. Petersburg, FL ESPN 8:00 PM NC State UCF NCSU 34–27 26,675
Military Bowl Presented by Northrop Grumman December 27 Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD ESPN 1:00 PM Virginia Tech Cincinnati VT 33–17 34,277
Hyundai Sun Bowl December 27 Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, TX CBS 2:00 PM Duke #15 Arizona State ASU 31–36 34,780
Duck Commander Independence Bowl December 27 Independence Stadium • Shreveport, LA ABC 3:30 PM Miami South Carolina USC 21–24 38,242
New Era Pinstripe Bowl December 27 Yankee Stadium • New York, NY ESPN 4:30 PM Boston College Penn State PSU 30–31 (OT) 49,012
Russell Athletic Bowl December 29 Orlando Citrus Bowl Stadium • Orlando, FL ESPN 5:30 PM #17 Clemson Oklahoma CLEM 40–6 40,071
Belk Bowl December 30 Bank of America Stadium • Charlotte, NC ESPN 6:30 PM #21 Louisville #13 Georgia UGA 14–37 45,671
Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl January 2 Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX ESPN 12:00 PM Pittsburgh Houston HOU 34–35 37,888
College Football Playoff bowl games
Capital One Orange Bowl December 31 Sun Life Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL ESPN 8:00 PM #12 Georgia Tech #7 Mississippi State GT 49–34 58,211
Rose Bowl Game presented by Northwestern Mutual January 1 Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA ESPN 5:10 PM #3 Florida State #2 Oregon ORE 59–20 91,322

Postseason

All Conference Teams[13]

First Team

Position Player Class Team
First Team Offense
QB Jameis Winston So Florida State
RB James Conner So Pittsburgh
Duke Johnson Jr Miami
WR Rashad Greene Sr Florida State
Jamison Crowder Sr Duke
Tyler Boyd So Pittsburgh
TE Nick O'Leary Sr Florida State
T Cameron Erving Sr Florida State
T. J. Clemmings Sr Pittsburgh
G Laken Tomlinson Sr Duke
Tre' Jackson Sr Florida State
C Andy Gallik Sr Boston College
First Team Defense
DE Vic Beasley Sr Clemson
Mario Edwards, Jr. Jr Florida State
DT Eddie Goldman Jr Florida State
Grady Jarrett Sr Clemson
LB Denzel Perryman Sr Miami
David Helton Sr Duke
Stephone Anthony Sr Clemson
CB Kendall Fuller So Virginia Tech
P. J. Williams Jr Florida State
S Gerod Holliman So Louisville
Jalen Ramsey So Florida State
First Team Special Teams
PK Roberto Aguayo So Florida State
P Wil Baumann Sr NC State
SP Jamison Crowder Sr Duke

Second Team

Position Player Class Team
Second Team Offense
QB Marquise Williams Jr North Carolina
RB Zach Laskey Sr Georgia Tech
Dalvin Cook So Florida State
WR Phillip Dorsett Sr Miami
Mike Williams So Clemson
Artavis Scott Fr Clemson
TE Clive Walford Sr Miami
T Ereck Flowers Jr Miami
Jamon Brown Sr Louisville
G Shaq Mason Sr Georgia Tech
Josue Matías Jr Florida State
C Cameron Erving Sr Florida State
Second Team Defense
DE Dadi Nicolas Jr Virginia Tech
Eli Harold Jr Virginia
DT Adam Gotsis Jr Georgia Tech
Tylor Harris Jr Wake Forest
LB Terrance Smith Jr Florida State
Lorenzo Mauldin Sr Louisville
Henry Coley^ Sr Virginia
Quayshawn Nealy^ Sr Georgia Tech
CB Garry Peters Sr Clemson
Maurice Canady Jr Virginia
S Jeremy Cash Jr Duke
Quin Blanding Fr Virginia
Second Team Special Teams
PK Ian Frye Jr Virginia
P Alex Kinal Jr Wake Forest
SP Tyler Boyd So Pittsburgh

Third Team

Position Player Class Team
Third Team Offense
QB Justin Thomas So Georgia Tech
RB Kevin Parks Sr Virginia
Jon Hilliman Fr Boston College
WR DeAndre Smelter Sr Georgia Tech
DeVante Parker Sr Louisville
Ryan Switzer So North Carolina
TE Bucky Hodges Fr Virginia Tech
T Sean Hickey Sr Syracuse
Bobby Hart^ Sr Florida State
Seth Betancourt^ Sr Boston College
Takoby Cofield^ Sr Duke
G Landon Turner Jr North Carolina
Matt Rotheram Sr Pittsburgh
C Matt Skura Jr Duke
Third Team Defense
DE Sheldon Rankins Jr Louisville
Ken Ekanem So Virginia Tech
DT Corey Marshall Jr Virginia Tech
Connor Wujciak Jr Boston College
LB Reggie Northrup Jr Florida State
Cameron Lynch Sr Syracuse
Max Valles So Virginia
CB Ronald Darby Jr Florida State
Charles Gaines Jr Louisville
S Anthony Harris Sr Virginia
Jamal Golden Jr Georgia Tech
Third Team Special Teams
PK Ross Martin Jr Duke
P Justin Vogel So Miami
SP DeVon Edwards So Duke

^ indicates that there was a tie in the voting

ACC Individual Awards[14]

ACC Player of the Year

RB James Conner - Pittsburgh

Rookie of the Year

QB Brad Kaaya - Miami

Coach of the Year

Paul Johnson - Georgia Tech

Offensive Player of the Year

RB James Conner - Pittsburgh

Offensive Rookie of the Year

QB Brad Kaaya - Miami

Brian Piccolo Award[15]

RB Duke Johnson - Miami

Jacobs Blocking Trophy[16]

T Cameron Erving - Florida State

Defensive Player of the Year

DT Vic Beasley - Clemson

Defensive Rookie of the Year

S Quin Blanding - Virginia

Jim Tatum Award[17]

LB David Helton - Duke

National Awards[18]

John Mackey Award

TE Nick O'Leary- Florida State

Jim Thorpe Award

S Gerod Holliman- Louisville

Campbell Trophy

LB David Helton- Duke

References

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  2. 1 2 Schwab, Frank. "Notre Dame to the ACC, football not included... but football will have ACC feel to it". Yahoo! sports. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
  3. ↑ Hansen, Eric. "Swarbrick offers updates on hot topics". South Bend Tribune. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
  4. ↑ Chip Patterson (December 20, 2013). "Notre Dame sets ACC schedule for 2014-16". CBSSports.com. Retrieved April 28, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Defending National Champion Florida State Leads ACC Preseason Football Poll". Atlantic Coast Conference. 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  6. ↑ "2014 Preseason All-ACC Football Team Announced". Atlantic Coast Conference. 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  7. ↑ "Wake Forest hires Bowling Green coach Dave Clawson". USA Today. 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  8. ↑ "It's official: Charlie Strong to Texas". sportingnews.com. 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  9. ↑ Joe Shad and Brett McMurphy (2014). "Louisville hires Bobby Petrino". ESPN.com. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  10. ↑ Matt Fortuna (2013). "Clarifying Notre Dame's ACC arrangement". ESPN.com. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  11. ↑ JJ Stankevitz (2014). "ACC deal another necessary change for Notre Dame". CSN Chicago. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  12. ↑ "NCAA FBS (Division I-A) Football Standings - 2014". Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  13. ↑ "ACSMA Announces 2014 All-ACC Teams". theacc.com. 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  14. ↑ "2014 coaches' all-ACC football, award winners". USA Today. 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
  15. ↑ "Miami's Johnson Named Winner of Brian Piccolo Award". theacc.com. 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
  16. ↑ "Florida State's Cameron Erving Repeats as ACC Jacobs Blocking Trophy Recipient". theacc.com. 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
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